Label-holder.



Patented lan. 23, |900. F. H. KELLY.

LABEL HOLDER.

(Application med may 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

F'IG-| Fl G Z- UNITED STATES :ATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. KELLY, OF AU SABLE, MICHIGAN.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,970, dated J'anuary 23, 1900. Application filed May 24, 1899. Serial No. 718,086. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it Wray concer-m Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. KELLY, acitizen of the United States, residingat Au Sable, in the county ofIosco and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and usefulLabel-Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to label-holders and is an improvement upon thelabel-holder described in my Patent No. 623,023, dated April 15, 1899.

In the use of my patented invention Ihave discovered that in removingthe labels from between the jaws of the spring-clamp there is liabilityof a number of labels or cards slipping out at the same time. 4

The object of my invention is to overcome this dificulty;l and to thisend my invention consists in the combination, with a slidingspring-clamp, of a gage-stop attached to and movable with the clamp forholding all eX- cept one outer card or label between the jaws andpreventing the removal of more than one at a time.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective of a case of any suitable character, and Fig. 2 is a sectionthrough the case and the holding mechanism.

1 is a case having a pocket or compartment Within it for the clamp orholder operating mechanism, as shown in Fig. 2 of the draw- 1ngs.

2 is a clamp made and operated substantially in the manner of thatdescribed in my patent, having a shank 3 passing through the front wallof the case or pocket and operated to draw the clamping-fingers towardthe case by means of a spring 4.. The shank of the slide is bifurcatedat one end for the reception of the spring Ll, and the forks at the sideof the spring carry standards 5 5, suitably supported by braces 6 6, soas to be entirely firm and rigid, and above and parallel with the shank3 is a sliding rod or bar 7, which projects through the front of thecasing just far enough to hold or prevent removal verti cally of all ofthe cards or labels except one. This bar constitutes a gage and a stop.It gages the thickness of the mass of labels and serves as a stop toprevent the removal of more than one at a time by the application of thethumb or finger to the surface of the outer label. The end is slightlybeveled or inclined, as shown, so that a card or label may be readilyslipped away from those behind it and out from the jaws of the clamp.

In operation as the labels are exhausted one by one the clamp and thegage are moved inward just to the extent of the thickness of the labelsremaining between the jaws and will always permit of the ready removalof a single label, and only one.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In label-holders, thecombination of a case, a spring-operated clamp mounted in the case, anda gage-stop projecting outside the plane of the case above the clampattached to and movable with the clamp, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aftlx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK H. KELLY. Witnesses:

CHARLES R. HENRY, JENNIE G. HENRY.

